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SA+P Events
The UNM Master of Architecture, our NAAB
accredited degree, will undergo a full accreditation
process this week, beginning April 7th and running
through April 11th. The full accreditation takes place
every 8 years, and includes a review of the work
produced by faculty members and students at the
school.
Thank you for a great Spring Lecture Series!
Please note, the final event of our Spring Lecture
Series, the film screening of "The Intimate
Realities of Water," and Q&A with director and
producer, Adrian Parr has been canceled, but will
be rescheduled in the fall semester.
If you missed our lecture series this semester, you
can watch the collection here.
Registration for the Taller Internacional de
Conservación y Restauración de Arquitectura de la
Tierra (TICRAT) is now open!
TICRAT is is a binational initiative that includes
institutions such as the NPS, Instituto Nacional de
Antropologia e Historia in Mexico, U of A, UNM, as
well as NGO's like Cornerstones Community
Partnerships in Santa Fe that works to bring much-
needed information to communities and
professionals in the preservation of Historic Earthen
Structures.
News + Features
Students from Architecture of Justice, a summer
study abroad collaboration between UNM
International Studies and UNM SA+P will be
exhibiting their photos from last summer in the
Rainosek Gallery from April 16-22.
An opening night discussion will be held
on Monday,April 16 at 7:00 pm in the Rainosek
Galllery.
Students from Architecture Studio 302 traveled to
Reykjavik, Iceland this March for a spring break
study tour. The class studied Urban Housing, met
with planners and architects that are advancing
housing issues in the city and visited many unusual
geological attractions around the island. The trip was
led by the 300 level Studio instructors, Kristina Yu,
Christopher Beccone, Alfons Poblocki, and Stephen
Mora. Exhibition of their travels will be on the Crit
Bridge April 22-27. See images and news from the
Iceland trip here.
Community + Regional Planning students spent their
Spring Break in Puebla, Mexico. The group, led by
faculty members Ted Jojola and Fransisco Uviña
Contreras spent the week visiting the communities
within the region, studying the ways that the city of
Puebla is encroaching on the surrounding communal
lands nearby. The group of students will be
compiling their research as the semester progresses.
Explore the borderlands between art and science at
the weekend-long convocation, Albuquerque Wonder
Cabinet: Precision and Imagination, April 20 - 22.
The event kicks off with a lecture by Lawrence
Weschler on Friday, April 20 at George Pearl Hall.
All other Wonder Cabinet events will take place at the
national Hispanic Cultural Center. More
information,here.
Two faculty members in the UNM Landscape
Architecture have submitted design proposals for Art
Park 21, a "21st century art park" in development.
Assistant Professor Catherine Harris submitted her
work, "Condensate Mesh," a rainwater collection
system that mimics natural processes.
Associate Professor Katya Crawford submitted a
design titled, "Pipe Dreams," a chapel-like space
reminiscent of an animal's ribcage.
The public is invited to view the display of the
concepts at the Open Space Visitor Center through
April 22nd.
Sam Fantaye, a third-year student in the graduate
Landscape Architecture program did an interview
with KUNM this week. Sam was the first-place winner
of this year's Better Philadelphia Challenge for his
project, "Smart Weave."
Listen to the interview here.
UNM SA+P and Central New Mexico Community
College have received funding from CNM Ingenuity
and PNM to develop a paid internship for CNM
students interested in ecoMOD. This paid internship
will be available to students majoring in carpentry,
HVAC, electrical, and construction management.
Students are working to complete the first ecoMOD
home in Albuquerque, and interns will complete one
home every year to be used as a low-income housing
option on CNM's Main Campus. Read more here.
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